Duration
30h Th, 8d FT Tr. Pr.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Academic year 2018-2019:
"Romanesque and Gothic abbeys in the Kingdom of France and in the Holy German Roman Empire"
Architecture, sculpture and wall painting underwent a remarkable boom during the Romanesque period on the construction sites of vast and numerous abbeys. It is however seldom underlined that the boom continued during the Gothic period, all the more since new orders were being created and imprinting their specificities onto their buildings.
We will at first make ourselves familiar with the Western monastic world through the study of their founding texts, their main figures and their ruling principles - the lessons of the seminar will then consist primarily of virtual visits of selected monastery complexes, from Castilla to Pomerania, from Irland to the Czech Republic.
Excursions to Stavelot (7th.-16th. Century) and Villers-la-Ville (13th. Century) will be organised.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Learn how to make a research on a building or its firnishings, and how to write a scientific report, both precise and concise about a medieval topic; also, how to raise interest within a knowledgeable audience.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Having followed the course "Histoire de l'art et archéologie du Moyen Age: de l'époque paléo-chrétienne à l'époque romane" and "Histoire de l'art et archéologie du Moyen Age: l'époque gothique".
Or having read: Chr. HECK, Moyen Age. Chrétienté et Islam, Paris, 2005, p. 132-435.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Write a 3-page scientific report and give an oral presentation of around twenty minutes on a work of art.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
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Recommended or required readings
W. BRAUNFELS, Monasteries of Western Europe. The Architecture of the Orders, Londres, 1972 (1993)
G. BINDING et M. UNTERMANN, Kleine Kunstgeschichte der mittelalterlichen Ordensbaukunst, Darmstadt, 1993 (2001)
T. N. KINDER, L'Europe cistercienne, Paris - Saint-Léger-Vauban, 1999
A. BAUD, Les abbayes bénédictines, Plouédern, 2009
Assessment methods and criteria
Participation to the course. Written report and oral presentation. Oral exam.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The first lesson will take place on Friday 21 September at 2:00 pm. During this lesson the agenda will be specified and the subjects will be assigned.
This course is part of a comprehensive specialised training in relation with the activities of the research centre "TRANSITIONS - Unité de Recherches sur le Moyen Age et de la première Modernité".
Contacts
benoit.vandenbossche@uliege.be